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Re: TRUCKS post a picture of your rig!

My treasured Subaru Baja Bee Truck will probably be declared totaled on Monday. A lady decided it was time for me to get a new one, she pulled in front of me as I drove 35 mph with the right of way.
How do I keep the bee poop off my shiny new rig? Why can't we buy a tiny pickup anymore n this country?

Re: TRUCKS post a picture of your rig!

Here's my lowly 2004 Nissan Frontier with a $120 ladder rack I use for swarm season. I'm just a poor retired cop who's spent his life protecting life and liberty. I live on a meager pension and could never afford a truck like Ollie's but I make do.

Re: TRUCKS post a picture of your rig!

Ian, what are the specs of that hoss?

I find my truck sometimes less good in offroad conditions than lighter 4WD trucks. After rain we have very muddy conditions here. A lighter truck (with no hives though) just digs through the mud. The heavier and longer trucks get stuck much quicker, even when empty.

The reason why I stick with the heavier truck is, it pulls much better a trailer with hives.

Re: TRUCKS post a picture of your rig!

This truck is a F550 4x4 6litre. I bought it out of the oilfields, extended the chassy by 36" and built a 16' deck which suits my boom loader.
Being 4x4 I do not get stuck very often but like any flatbed dual wheeled truck the back end is light when empty and I do need to call on the 4x4 at times a regular sized truck wouldn't.

I run this truck, two tone trucks and a half tone.

Bernhard, A guy learns pretty quick how wet is too wet but cherry picking yards after rains helps keep the work going and lock in that 4x4, she goes through a lot! I use aggressive Michelin tires

Re: TRUCKS post a picture of your rig!

Originally Posted by Ian

This truck is a F550 4x4 6litre. I bought it out of the oilfields, extended the chassy by 36" and built a 16' deck which suits my boom loader.
Being 4x4 I do not get stuck very often but like any flatbed dual wheeled truck the back end is light when empty and I do need to call on the 4x4 at times a regular sized truck wouldn't.

I run this truck, two tone trucks and a half tone.

Bernhard, A guy learns pretty quick how wet is too wet but cherry picking yards after rains helps keep the work going and lock in that 4x4, she goes through a lot! I use aggressive Michelin tires

Ian - How many hives can you put on that truck and use the boom loader ?

Re: TRUCKS post a picture of your rig!

Originally Posted by drlonzo

Ian - How many hives can you put on that truck and use the boom loader ?

Loaded right up, a 16' deck will fit 160 singles or 80 doubles. I usually load 120 singles out or into the shed, easier to handle. But when chasing flow on my sprawling landscape I will usually pick one or two yards on the way.

That picture is working on the third pull box(down to one), it's the second yard I am picking up to move 10 miles down onto some sunflower and buckwheat fields to end off the season.